@pyr: "Hi,
I have an australian shepherd (4 years old) who sleeps all the
time. This didn't bother me since he used to get these sudden bursts of
energy and run around and play. He still loves running around
outside.
He is moderately trained - sit, down, heel, fetch etc. But for the
past few days, he won't run around at home; and when I say fetch he just
goes away and lies down somewhere, he still gets excited when we come
home, will follow us around the house etc. But he'll go lie down again
if we try to get him to play.
All his shots are current and just two weeks ago, the vet said he is
in great shape.
Any suggestions?
pyr"
    @pyr: "Thanks for your response, Marshall.
His eating habits and bowel movements are completely normal and
haven't changed.
The vet didn't run any blood tests.
My problem is I can't get my dog to get up and play. when I ask him to
fetch, he just sits and stares. He just responds to come, sit and
down. About a week ago he used to run around and loved playing fetch
even in the house. 
<email_address> (Marshall Dermer) writes:
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pyr"
    @pyr: "After all the good suggestions I went for a blood test this morning
and everything turns out just fine. 
I'm thinking it might just be the usual things that he does everyday
(playing habits), I'm gonna try changing that abit. maybe take him
different places for daily walks, use different parks. although I buy
new toys ever now and then, I'll go ahead and replace em. see if any
of those brings him to his original self. Its not hot where I live and
he just sleeps on the carpet or bed, unlike when he was small he used
to sleep on the kitchen/bathroom floor. 
while at the vet, I was told he had a bit of dry skin between his legs
though no abnormal etching or anything. Curious to know of what others
with dry skin used as a remedy.
Thanks much guys
mom2adog <email_address> writes:
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pyr"
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